Since the 1950s, the role of the housewife has change due to the introduction of appliances. Now a days the ability to be a good housewife is dependent on your appliances or lack there of. So if a certain housewife is forced to be without certain appliances then she cannot be blamed if nothing is done at the end of the day. Elbow grease is not made or used these days!
About 2 1/2 weeks ago our dish washer started to leak, after a week the repair man declared it dead. That night a homedepot worked twisted the knife when she told me that they didn't have the one that we wanted in and it would be awhile. "It is ok" I told myself I can handle doing dishes by hand for awhile, even though I HATE doing the dishes.
The next day our washing machine started to shake, a lot. So I figured it was just unbalanced and told Garett. I then waited a few days for him to have time to look at it with me. Then waited for a week for the repair man to come and tell me that it would cost more to repair it then it was worth, then we went out of town for the weekend. By the time I got home and realized how much Landry had built up I started to have a panic attack. What if the washer wasn't in like the dish washer? I ran to homedepot!!!
I now have a new washer and a new dish washer and no money to feed my children-but they will have clean underwear!
I have resumed my rein as Domestic Goddess.
ps- Last month our water heater went out, what is up with our luck, thankfully we have home insurance!